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A famous jailbreaker has joined Google’s internet protection team

A couple of days ago, Google announced Project Zero which is basically Google’s plan to keep the internet safe. This is done by keeping an eye out for potential vulnerabilities...

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Google wants to ensure Internet safety with Project Zero

No software or service is perfect and there are always loophole and exploits that hackers can take advantage of. This is why it is important that developers take note of...

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These two men are on a mission to make Bitcoin truly untraceable

For some, Bitcoin doesn't go far enough towards truly unregulated, untraceable currency. Cody Wilson, the man behind the world's first lethal 3D-printed gun, and Amir Taaki, a Bitcoin entrepreneur, are...

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Amazon has launched an online wearable tech store in the UK

Amazon.co.uk has revealed a new store dedicated to wearable technology. The store features more than 100 wearable tech devices. Amazon revealed a wearable technology section for its U.S. site back...

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Searching the internet for privacy protection gets you targeted by the NSA

An investigation by the German broadcasters ARD and WDR has apparently demonstrated the targeting by the NSA of a German student called Sebastian Hahn, who runs a node on the...

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A fifth of the world’s top websites are being blocked by the UK’s web filters

Remember UK Prime Minister David Cameron's China Lite web blockade, the one that was set up to keep British children from stumbling across Internet Pornography and other assorted subjectively objectionable...

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Someone just bought $19 million in Bitcoin from the government

A single, mystery bidder just bought 29,656.5 bitcoins seized by the U.S. government from the Silk Road online black market, Wired reports. When the U.S. Marshall invited bids for the...

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Facebook has moved 20 billion Instagram photos to its own data center

“Instagration.” That’s Facebook’s term for the live migration of Instagram from Amazon’s servers to a Facebook data center. The firm shared yesterday that it completed the transition without so much...

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Google showed off Android Wear, its wearable initiative, at Google I/O

Android Wear, Google’s operating system that works on wearables like smartwatches, has a few nifty features — it can take voice dictations, do navigation for walkers and bicyclists, and send...

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Researchers have discovered a way to steal PINs using Google Glass

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Lowell have demonstrated an interesting technique for using Google Glass to detect phone PINs with 83% accuracy from across a room, even when the...

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